We caught the action on fourth street, where Lisandro called a bet from his opponent. Lisandro changed gears, betting on fifth, but on sixth the his opponent decided to lead again, and Lisandro called.
Lisandro called on more bet on seventh, and his opponent opened up for two pair; kings and threes. Lisandro wanted to muck, but the dealer turned his hand face up – ; a lesser two-pair.
Mimi Tran just lost a pot that put her into the danger zone. Tran bet on fourth street, then checked called all the way until seventh street, where she bet out. Her opponent thought it over for a while, and called. Tran said nice call and mucked her hand before her opponent could reveal that he had two pair with in the hole. Tran is now down to 2,200, just under four big bets.
Allen Kessler was down to his last 625. The brought-in, the completed and Kessler raised with the , leaving himself with just one 25 chip. Jason Mercier three bet with the and the called as Kessler went all in.
The boards ran out as follows:
Kessler: //
Opponent: //
Mercier: /
The third opponent in the hand bet fourth street to warrant a fold from Mercier. Kessler had outs with one card left but didn't get there.
Jeff Madsen was all in when we caught the action on fourth street. There was a bet and calls on every single street, and Madsen looked like he was slowly accepting his fate. After the betting on seventh street, Opponent 1 flipped up for a queen high flush, and everyone else at the table mucked, including Madsen, knocking him out of the tournament.
Chad Brown - (x) (x) / / (x)
Opponent - (x) (x) / / (x)
Brown completed and found one caller in the three seat. On fourth, Brown bet and his opponent called. On fifth, his opponent bet out with a pair of three's showing, Brown raised, and his opponent called. For the next two streets, Brown's opponent check-called, and Brown rolled over for an ace-high flush.
Brown is now back above starting stack with 5,600 chips.
They have just announced the official numbers for this event. 357 people brought in for the first stud event of the series, down from last year's 408. First prize will be pocketing $122,909, with everyone at the final table guaranteed a five figure payday. We will be posting a full list of the payouts shortly.
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for two pair; kings and threes. Lisandro wanted to muck, but the dealer turned his hand face up – 
; a lesser two-pair.
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, leaving himself with just one 25 chip. Jason Mercier three bet with the 
and the 
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